Missouri · Nonprofit
Refine KC School Inc
Refine KC School Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($51). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $269k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $51
- Net assets
- $123k
What Refine KC School Inc does
Mission
The purpose is to provide the Kansas City Missouri area with Christian education through the establishment of one or more private schools for students from Kindergarten through 12th grade. The mission is to develop academic and spiritual leaders through personalized learning service and discipleship in a Christ-centered community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Refine KC School served 40 students and over 20 families. Four faculty members taught classes in Bible Math English Social Studies Science and Physical Education. The school also had a para-educator plus many volunteers who helped students academically taught art and taught life skills such as woodworking and cooking. Students used their musical talents to lead weekly chapel services. Faculty supported students as they became leaders in preparing the schools yearbook and to plan various school activities.
$174,352 spent76% of program spendingThrough sharing space with our partner church we have more areas to use as classrooms. We have spaces that can be used by all of our students for devotion chapel physical education and lunch and spaces that allow us to separate elementary and secondary students academically. The additional space has allowed teachers to not only personalize learning better but fosters better collaboration for students. There also exists a common area to house school supplies that can also be used for teacher collaboration.
$14,100 spent6% of program spendingBecause our educational niche is to personalize learning we have witnessed a lot of growth in our students especially those who have been a part of our school all three years. Our students not only are improving in the core academic areas but they are improving in their critical thinking skills and in their drive to use their God-given abilities to the fullest. Some students who were working on grade level have now exceeded the curriculum suited to their age. Some students who enrolled in our school behind grade level have made great progress to get back on grade level. Our curriculum is rigorous yet flexible allowing teachers to reach all levels of ability.
$10,144 spent4% of program spendingSpecial School Events field trips and school celebrations to promote fellowship among students and families
$338 spent0% of program spendingStudent Assessments testing achievement levels in math and reading
$320 spent0% of program spendingYearbook Expense students created the schools yearbook
$479 spent0% of program spendingBackground Checks
$84 spent0% of program spendingOffice Supplies & Copier
$7,665 spent3% of program spendingFurniture & Equipment
$681 spent0% of program spendingInsurance
$5,818 spent3% of program spendingAccounting
$742 spent0% of program spendingMaintenance Snow Removal Improvements
$213 spent0% of program spendingMarketing
$371 spent0% of program spendingMiscellaneous Expense
$363 spent0% of program spendingParent Ambassador Committee support students and the school
$861 spent0% of program spendingStaff Development
$219 spent0% of program spendingSubstitute Pay
$2,531 spent1% of program spendingTechnology school platform subscriptions website email accessories
$9,299 spent4% of program spending
The 18 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $228,580.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $87k to $125k (+45%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
20% of Refine KC School Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Matt Barnard
Board President Principal Teacher
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7 → $44.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Refine KC School Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Refine KC School Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Refine KC School Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Refine KC School Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Refine KC School Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Refine KC School Inc?
- Refine KC School Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($51). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Refine KC School Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $51 in grants to Refine KC School Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Refine KC School Inc?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $51 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Refine KC School Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing